Lantern.



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ERNEST O. EVERETT, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR TO B. E. DIETZ COMPANY,

I OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

LANTERN.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 2'7, 1907.

Application filed March 23, 1907. Serial No. 364,046.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ERNEST O. EVERETT, a citizen of the United States,residing at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York,have invented a new and useful Improvement in Lanterns, of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention relates to that class of lanterns in which the bail earsare made separate from the lantern frame, and has for its object toconstruct the bail ears in such manner that they are strong and rigidand at the same time simple and inexpensive.

In the accompanying drawings: Figure 1 is an elevation of a lanternprovided with my improvements. Fig. 2 is a fragmentary sectionalelevation of the lantern body and oil pot. Fig. 3 is an elevation of thesheet metal blank for forming one of the bail ears. Fig. 4 is aperspective view of the finished bail ear. Fig. 5

is a vertical section of the same.

Like letters and numerals of reference refer to like parts in theseveral figures. l

A represents the body hoop or ring of a tubular railroad lantern, B theside tubes thereof, C the upright guard wires, D the bottom ring, E thebail ears, F the bail, G the oil pot, and H the spring by which thelatter is secured in the body hoop.

The bail ears E are each constructed of a single blank I of sheet metal,shown in Fig. 3. Each ear comprises an attaching plate 10, which iscurved to fit against the outer side of the side tube B, and an earproper 11 which extends upwardly and outwardly from the at taching plateand is provided with an opening 12 for the reception of the bail. Theear proper 11 is connected with the attaching plate by a horizontal oroff-set neck 13 which is stiffened and supported on the attaching plateby brackets 14 extending from the sides of the neck 13 downwardly on theouter side of the attaching plate. The ear proper 11 is furtherstiffened and supported by a brace 15 which extends from the attaching Iplate upwardly and bears with its upper portion against the outer sideof the ear proper.

The brackets 14 are constructed by forming the sheet at the middle ofthe attaching plate with a U-shaped slit 17 of proper length and bendingthe lip so formed upwardly against the outer side of theear proper 11.The bending up of this lip to form the brace 15 forms an opening 18 inthe attaching plate below the brace. This opening lightens the attachingplate and the part of the metal which is so removed from the attachingplate is utilized for reinforcing the ear proper at its lower portion,where the ear proper is most exposed to shocks and strains which tend tobend or break the same.

The attaching plate may be provided at its lbwer end with a lip 19 whichis inserted into a slot in the tube B, and the upper corners of theattaching plate may be provided with openings 20 for the reception ofthe ends 21 of the upper horizontal top wire of the guard.

When the bail ears have been applied to the lantern frame and the latterhas been dipped in molten tin in the usual way, the brackets 14 arefirmly secured to the attaching plate and the brace 15 is firmly securedto the ear proper 11. I

The oil pot G is inserted into the body hoop A from below and securedtherein by the locking spring H in the usual-manner. with a raisedmarginal rim 22 which projects upwardly from the top of the oil pot onthe outer side of the horizontal bottom flange 23 of the body hoop. Thismarginal rim covers and protects the joint between the top of the oilpot and the lower edge of the body hoop and prevents air currents fromblowing through this joint into the lantern and disturbing the flame,especially when the fit between the oil pot and the body hoop is notvery close, which is sometimes the case in lanterns which have beenroughly used.

I claim as my invention:

1. The combination of a lantern frame and a sheetmetal bail earcomprising an attaching plate, an ear proper, an offset neck connectingsaid plate and ear proper, and brackets formed integrally with said neckand bent to extend downwardly from the sides of the neck and The oil potis provided at its top 7 bear against the attaching plate, substantiallyas set with said plate and bent up to extend from said plate to and bearagainst the outer side of said ear proper, substantially as set forth.

4. The combination of a lantern frame and a sheetmetal bail earcomprising an attaching plate, an ear proper, an offset neck connectingsaid plate and ear proper, brackets formed integrally with said neck andbent to extend downwardly from the sides of the neck and bear againstthe attaching plate, and a reinforcing brace formed integrally with saidplate and bent up to bear 10 against the outer side of said ear proper,substantially as set forth.

Witness my hand in the presence of twosnbscribing witnesses.

ERNEST C. EVERETT WVitnesses:

JAMES SORIANO, L. S. .TENIsON.

